Razor blade holder



March 5, 1935. H N\CDC)NA| D 1,993,107

RAZOR BLADE HOLDER Filed March 28, 1935 Ewue/wtom if. H iu flarcalaz Patented Mar. 5, 1935 UNITED STATES RAZOR BLADE HOLDER Edward H. McDonald,

Great Falls, Mont., as-

signor of one-third to Minerva L. E. Manning,

Great Falls, Mont.

Application March 28,

2 Claims.

This invention relates to an improved razor blade holder and seeks, among other objects, to provide a simple and efficient device of this character for holding any ordinary safety razor blade so that the blade may be conveniently stropped or honed and thus sharpened.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device embodying a pair of reversely curved jaws adapted to receive a blade therebetween and wherein, when the jaws are brought into overlapping relation and flexed together, the blade will be securely clamped between the jaws.

And the invention seeks, as a still further object, to provide a simple and effective means for securing the jaws in parallel relation to clamp the blade therebetween.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel details of construction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, it being understood that various modifications may be resorted to within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved blade holder showing a conventional safety razor blade clamped between the jaws of the holder.

Fig. 2 is an edge elevation of the device,

Fig. 3 is a View similar to Fig. 2 showing the jaws flexed apart and particularly illustrating the curvature of the jaws, and

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the device particularly showing the catch for securing the jaws 35 in parallel relation.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, I employ a pair of reversely curved concavoconvex resilient jaws and 11, respectively, which are preferably formed of flat metal strips 40 tapered in width toward their forward endswhich are rounded, as particularlyseen in Fig. 4, and pivotally connecting the jaws at their free ends is a rivet or like fastening device 12. The jaws are arranged with their convex faces confronting each other so that, as shown in Fig. 3, the jaws normally diverge toward their rear ends.

Riveted or otherwise fixed to the rear end portion of the jaw 10 is a side plate 13 and similarly secured to the rear end portion of the jaw 11 is a corresponding side plate 14, which side plates may be of wood or other suitable material. As will be observed, the side plates conform to the outline of the jaws and form the companion sections of a handle for the device.

Formed in the outer edge of the jaw 10 at the inner end of the side plate 13 is a notch and formed in the inner edge of the jaw 11 at the inner end of the side plate 14 is a similar notch 16. Clamped between the side plate 13 and the jaw 10 is a catch plate 17 secured by the same fastening 1933, Serial No. 663,234

devices which connect said side plate with the jaw. The catch plate 1'7 is shaped to conform to the outline of the side plate and jaw and at its forward end is bent upwardly at right angles to provide a catch 18 which extends through the notch 15 of the jaw 10 and is formed at its forward edge with an overhanging catch lug 19, the catch being adapted to be freely received in the notch 16 of the jaw 11.

As will now be seen, by swinging the jaws 10 and 11 apart, as shown in Fig. 4, a safety razor blade, conventionally illustrated at in Figs. 1 and 2, may be readily positioned between the forward ends of the jaws, when, by swinging the jaws together and flexing the jaws into parallel relation, the catch 18 will ride into the'notch 16 of the jaw 11 so that the catch lug 19 will engage over the latter jaw and secure the jaws together. Flexing of the jaws toward each other to a straight position will, of course, cause the jaws to bind the blade 20 therebetween so that when the jaws are secured by the catch 18, the blade will be firmly clamped between the jaws and by grasping the handle of the device, the holder may be readily manipulated for conveniently stropping or honing the blade.

Having thus described the invention, I claim:

1. A razor blade holder including a pair of oppositely curved jaws pivotally connected near their forward ends and each having an outer edge provided with a notch, and a plate carried by one jaw and having a catch extending laterally therefrom through the adjacent notch and provided with an overhanging lug, said catch being receivable in the notch of the mating jaw when the jaws are swung into overlapped relation to limit the inward swinging movement of the jaws and said lug being adapted to extend over and bear against the adjacent jaw for securing the jaws in said relation and clamping a blade between said jaws.

2. A razor blade holder including a pair of oppositely curved jaws pivotally connected near their forward ends, side plates secured to the free ends of the jaws and constituting handles,

one of said jaws having one longitudinal edge' thereof provided with a notch disposed near the adjacent handle and the other jawbeing provided with a notch in its longitudinal edge disposed near the companion handle, and a plate interposed between the last-mentioned jaw andthe side plate thereof and having its forward end reduced and extending upwardly through the adjacent notch and thence transversely across said jaw to form an overhanging lug adapted to enter the notch in the mating jaw and overhang and bear against the upper surface of said mating jaw for securing the jaws in parallel relation and clamping a blade between said jaws.

EDWARD H. MCDONALD. [11. 5.] 

